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Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : The Job "Sometimes the perfect tree will seed itself", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 59) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 106-107) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 65-66) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 45-46) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 393-394) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 38-39)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Planning "The nut that Banfield found washed up", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 60) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 107-108) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 67) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 46-47) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 39)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : `The Boss' "Managers are island kings: they get great powers,", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 61-62) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 108-109) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 67-68) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 47-48) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 394-395) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 39-41)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : the Wet "The monsoon struck. It poured by night and steamed by day", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 62-63) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 109-111) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 69-70) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 48-49) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 395-396) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 41-42)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Islanders "Resorts are strange organisms, exist", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 63-65) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 111-114) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 70-73) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 50-52) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 42-45)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Beginnings "Slowly, between floods and strikes, stuff came.", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 65-66) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 114) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 73) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 52-53) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 397) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 45)

Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : `Simmo' "Yet in every Terran garden you appropriate", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 67-68) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 116-117) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 75-76) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 54-55) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 398-399) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 46-48)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Defeats "There came a weary time of cyclones;", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 68-69) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 117-119) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 76-77) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 55-57) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 400-401) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 48-49)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Finishing "What could be done, we did; tagged by a team of cooks", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 70-71) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 119-120) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 77-79) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 57-58) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 401-402) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 49-50)

Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : Home Thoughts... "Later, in Italy, I heard the news:", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 71) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 121) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 79) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 58-59) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 403) The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 2000; (p. 51)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : The Island "I chose Coonanglebah, old Banfield's home, first", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 59-60)

Hortus Botanicus : Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens : the Butterfly Tunnel "The isle had two giant butterflies:", Mark O'Connor , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize 1982; (p. 66-67) The Fiesta of Men 1983; (p. 115-116) Selected Poems 1986; (p. 74) The Great Forest : Poetry 1989; (p. 42-43) Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990; (p. 53-54) Australian Poetry in the Twentieth Century 1991; (p. 397-398)

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Appears in:

y Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems : An Anthology Selected from the 1982 Mattara Spring Festival Poetry Prize Christopher Pollnitz (editor), Newcastle : University of Newcastle Press , 1982 Z50621 1982 anthology poetry Newcastle : University of Newcastle Press , 1982
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1982
)
pg. 59-71
Appears in:

y Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1986 Z371097 1986 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1986
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1986
)
pg. 65-79
Appears in:

y Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1990 Z232743 1990 selected work poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1990
(
1990
)
pg. 45-59
Appears in:

y The Olive Tree : Collected Poems 1972-2000 Mark O'Connor , Alexandria : Hale and Iremonger , 2000 Z764696 2000 selected work poetry Alexandria : Hale and Iremonger , 2000
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2000
)
pg. 38-51